Poggio Capanne

The church of Visitazione

Poggio Capanne is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Manciano, province of Grosseto. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 101.^[1]

Poggio Capanne is about 60 km from Grosseto and 18 km from Manciano, and it is situated along the Provincial Road which links Montemerano to Sovana, at the top of a small hill ("poggio") in the valley of Albegna.^[2] The village, formerly known as Capanne di Saturnia and then just as Capanne, was born in the 15th century as a rural hamlet of shepherds and farmers dependent on the town of Saturnia.^[3]

Main sights

• Church of Visitazione di Maria (16th century), main parish church of the village, it was built in 1570.^[3][4][5]

• Casa Luciani, one of the oldest buildings in the village, it was built in 1500, as indicated on the facade. It hosted also the canonica.^[3][5]

• Old prison of Saturnia (16th century), it is situated in the main square, left to the church.^[3]

References

1. (Italian) Popolazione residente - Grosseto (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001, Istat.
2. (Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «Poggio Capanne», Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833-1846.
3. (Italian) Capanne, Manciano official website.
4. (Italian) Parish of Poggio Capanne, Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, official website.
5. Bruno Santi, Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, p. 291.

Bibliography

• (Italian) Emanuele Repetti, «Poggio Capanne», Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana, 1833-1846.
• Bruno Santi, Guida storico-artistica alla Maremma. Itinerari culturali nella provincia di Grosseto, Siena, Nuova Immagine, 1995, p. 291.
• Giovanni De Feo, Le città del tufo nella valle del Fiora. Guida ai centri etruschi e medioevali della Maremma collinare, Pitigliano, Laurum Editrice, 2005.

Coordinates: 42°41′2″N 11°32′35″E / 42.68389°N 11.54306°E